Ticket apparatus.



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No. 873,302y PATENTED DEG. 10, 1907. H. H. CUMMINGS. A

TICKET APPARATUS. APPLIOATIONHLBD 11.12, 1907.

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UNITEDv STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. CUMMINGS, OF NEWTON, MASSACHI-YSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ADAMS D. CLAFLIN, OF

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TICKET APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1o, 1907.

Application filed April 12.1907. Serial No. 367798.

Be it known that I, HENRY H. CUMMINGS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ticket Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionl relates to mechanism for delivering tickets or paper checks one by one and consists in mechanical improvements which comprise devices for feeding a ticket strip and severing successive equal lengths therefrom. This mechanism is adaptedto coin control and is-also equipped with ticket stamping devices among which maybe ineluded a time stamp if desired, so that 'the mechanism as a whole is adapted for use by persons such as street car conductors who have occasion to distribute large numbers of tickets or transfer strips and who, as is Well known, are very generally addicted to fraud' ulent practices in the manipulation of such transfer checks, which practices will be effcctually restrained by the employment of the mechanism herein described.

My present specification andolaims are addressed to those features of myv invention which relate solely to feeding a ticket strip and lsevering lengths therefrom.

In thc drawings hereto annexed which illustrate one embodiment. of my inventioii,--Figure 1 is a front elevation of the case which contains the ticket .strip feeding and severing mechanism; Fig. 2 is a side elevatioii looking toward the left side of Fig. 1

Figz is a top plan view of the casing shown in Figs. 1 and2; Fig. 4 1s an elevation of the inside of the back plate of the case `showing the main shaft, main operating cam and parts of the coin guides; Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the inside toward the front plate of the case; Figs. 4 and 5 show the parts as they appear in the interior when the back plate of the case is taken olf and the ing devices in elevation; Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line 7,-,7 of Fig. 5 looking to the right. This'figure showst-he strip feeding finger, .theI strippunch and its slide and-the impressiony pads which co-act with printing devices upon the primary jaw; Fig. 8 is a section through the case along the line SHS of Fig. 5 showing the interior mechanism in plan; Fig. 9 is a section through thc case along the line 9 9 Fig. 5 g Fig. 1() shows a severed section of a ticket strip on that side which faces the primary jaw member; and Fig. 11 shows the reverse side of the same ticket strip. The casing of the ticket feeding and severing mechanism sliownin the drawings and best illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and 3, consists of a front plate A', acontinuous )eripheral plate A72 which I will call the side p ate and a back plate A3. By preference I join the front plate A and side plate A2 to form a box and utilize the back plate A3 as the cover therefor and in practice will lock these two parts together. This casing is providedwith several apertures. The aperture A1 preferably protected by a transparent sheet serves to display an index column for the guidance of the operator in selecting any one of a num-V ber of ositions in which to place the ticket punch g.

A5 is an aperture through which the ticket punch J projects-from the interior and along which thejsaid punch may slide.

A is an a erture through which one of the consecutive y printed num-bers on the ticket strip may be viewed; A7 is' an opening through which the ticketstrip remerges from the case and AS is an opening through which to insert a coin in order to set free the interior apparatus to erinit itsoperation.

Af and) A10 are openings in the front plate and back plate respectively for the accom-- modation of the stud G.

tition which with the side coin receptacle.

A12V is a plate secured to the back plate Aa which acts as a guide yto conduct a coin through the a erture A13 (Fig. 5) formed in the partition 11. i

A14 (Fig. '1) is a circular aperture in the front plate A whereof the edge is flanged4 inwardly as Iseen in Fig. 6, and A15 (Fig. 4) is a guide plate secured to the back plate A3 to guide a coin during the iirst part of its descent 'toward the coin receptacle. f

B (Figs. 4 and 6) is a tubular shaft :mounted to turn upon the stud B2 which is Asecured to the back plate A?. The outer end of the plate A2. forms a shaft B is squared as at B3 to fit into a eenf "1l- 0,

trai square hole in the dish B4. The turning handle B5 extends across the opening A14 projecting at each end a short distance over the face of the front plate A. and a lug BS (see Fig. 5) upon the handle B5 projects through an aperture in the side of the dish B4 in position to engage with the feed iinger to be described below. The shaft B at its lower end is keyed to the cam disk B6 in which is formed the cam groove B7 (Figs. 4 and 6). This cam plate carries on its periphery teeth or catches B11 B12 and has projecting from its rear face the pins Bl B111. The pin B13 is secured to the back plate A:g and serves to prevent a coin from emerging from the cani plate BG except in the direction toward the coin receptacle within the parti tion A11.

A spring detent with arms C1 C2 is secured to the side plate A2 (Fig. 4) in position to co operate with either of the catches B11 or B12. Viith the apparatus in the position shown in Fig. 4 a coin introduced through the aper.- ture AS falls between thevpins B1B10; resting against the guide plate A15 and the periphery 0 the coin projecting beyond the periphery of the cam plate B, so that when the latter is turned (to the left as viewed in Fig. 4) the coin presses the spring member C"upward to permit the catch B11 to pass it, and likewise as the coin is carried by the pin B9 to the position where it leaves the cam plate, it ifts the spring arm C2 so that the catch B11 may pass that detent arm likewise. The two catches B11 B12 prevent the cam plate from being turned in either direction except through a very small rotative angle, and should any person tamper with the apparatus by lifting the arm C as by inserting a knife blade through the slot AS, the arm C-2 will 'all between the catches B11 B12 after about one third of a full rotation of the cam plate B7 and lock he apparatus in such position that by no means can it be disengaged. In such case its condition will betray the person who attempted to tamper with it as soon as the apparatus is returned to the person authorized and able to open it. A

vfull rotation of the cam plate B" actuated by the shaft B and handle B5 produces a single full vcycle of operation oi' the mechanism. The principal members of this mechanism are a pair of jaw members whereof I designate D (Fig. 5) for convenience as the primary member and E the secondary member. The primary member Dl is provided with a ticket severing end or jaw at D`l this being serrated so that in cooperation with the severing end or jaw i 2 of the other member which, for convenience I term the secondary member, it will mutilate or partially sever a ticket strip rendering it easy to tear oil while at' the same time it will securely retain the end of the strip after the projecting portion has been removed. The primary member D is pivoted in the case upon pivotsD, one of these pins projecting from or through the iront plate'A, the other from or through the back plate A2. At the other end of the primary member the strip guide D5 is located, (see Figs. 5 and 6) this strip guide consisting of a fiat bar extending across the upper end of' the primary member. Adjacent to the strip guide D5 the aperture D is lormed in the prin'ia-ry member through which pro jects the trigger ll.. lhe second ary member E is pivoted upon the primary member and has, as above described, its severing end or jaw E7l at one. side of the pivot and a projecting arm E11 at the other side of the pivot extending upward in the case toward the catch 111. The two jaw members, primary and secondary, are normally urged to a position of closure by the spring F secured at F 2 to the primary jaw member. ln the speciiic instance here shown the seeurement ol the spring F is upon the back ol' the casing T of the timepiece which operates the time stamp. ln the face ol the primary member there are placed suitable impressing types at D7 and DS the latter being a rotatable time stamping type actuated by the time piecein the case T. The ticket strip U is coiled in a spiral and siid over the shaft B and one end thereof is carried under the strip guide D57 thence along the face of the primary member out between the .jaw ends D2 and El from which point it emerges through the opening A7 in the case.

The jaw members are actuated by the l`ollowing mechanism: Upon the stud G which is mounted upon the back plate A:s and extends through the hole in the :liront plate at A11 in which it iinds a stead ying bearing, there. is mounted the rocker ll whereof the arm l l extends upward and is furnished with the cam follower' 7i', the latter cooperating with the cam groove BT in the cam plate B. On the other side of the rocker l'l there is a short arm ll2 in which are pivoted the links ll be tween which extends the pin ll" which is held in the yoke blocks D by the spring /z/1. As the cam B" rotates the arm ll is carried out ward from the shalt B and the primary member D is pushed forward by the links ll carrying with it in this movement the secondary member lil. the jaw ends l)`l IC2 oi the two members being closed together by the spring F during this parl of their movement. As the two jaw members move outward, the end of the arm E3 slips into the catch l: which extends 'from the sleeve lY which turns on the stud` G. The spring l2 urges the catch toward the end 'of the arm E so as to insure its engagenient. When during the latter half of the rotation ol the cam B the arm ll of the rocker H moves inward toward the sha'lt B the primary member D tip )ed back to its original position as shown in Fig. 5, but the upper arm lt ol" the secondary member being detained by the catch l does CTI not lpartake of the return movement of the r`f gzyigementof the trigger with the perforation primary member and thus the jaw'e'nds of the two jaw members are flistended as shown in Fig. 5. Theretcfore, as theprimary member D moved forward, the trigger' I', preferably formed in 'the same piece with the catch 13,

' projected less and less in front of the primary jaw member D until the perforation O (see Fig.` in the ticket strip O, which perforation 4in the operation of the apparatus is normally engaged by the trigger 1 was moved -out of engagement with the said trigger. At this point in the cycle of operations and before the primary jaw member returned tothe position shown in Fig. 5, the

.j lug B2 on the handle B5 engaged the block M2 on the feed finger M.

This feed finger as shown in Fig. 5 is a slightly flexedstrip of steel extending down parallel to the primary jaw member and terminating in a sidewise bent finger with a friction pad M thereon (see Figs. 5 and 7). The lug B2 first presses ythe feed nger M outward, that is to say,

away from the shaft B and consequently moves the lower end with its friction pad M inward against the ticket strip O, further movement of the lug B2 brings it into engagement with the block M2 pushing the feed finger M downward against the tension of the spring M2. The engagementof the friction pad M with the ticket strip, the jaws D2 and E3 being open pushes the ticket strip a little way so that its end protrudes from the aperture A7 and so that the perforation O which hitherto had been in register with the j trigger I, has passed down and away from the saidA trigger. When the lug Bfslips off the block M2, the finger M is drawn back by the spring M2. Then, when the rotation of the cam B6 is completed, the jaws D2 E2 are distended as shown in Fig. 5 and the ticket strip projects out of the aperture A2.

, Another result of theforward movement of the primary jaw member D vis the 1mpressing of the ticketstrip by the several types carried by the primary member which coperate with the pads L L2 secured to the interior of the case (see Fig. 7) and also causes vthe ticket strip to be perforatedor' notched as at O3 (see Figs. 10 and l1) by the punch J (see Fig. 5). .The adjustablelocation` and operation of this punch will be described herein below. `With the ticket strip impressed and punched and given its initial forward feed so that it protrudes between the jaws D2 and E2and Aout of the aperture A7 the operatr new takes hold of the protruding end of the ticket strip and draws out the strip. The strip is perforated at regular intervals with holes O (Figs. 1() and 11) and" when in the act of drawing out the'strip one of these perforations O comes into register with the end of the trigger-I', the guide bar D5 (Figs. 5 and 6) which acts to press the strip against the trigger ',I, insures the en# 1n the strip. The strip then acts to draw the trigger I downward and frees the arm E3 from4 the catch I2 and the spring F atl once and cuts or mutilates the s trip so that the i protruding portion can ybe easily torn off. When left in this condition that. portion of the strip which lies along the face of the primary jaw member D is held stretchedbetween the closed jaws D2 E2 and the trigger I, so that in the next succeeding operation of the ap aratus that portion of the ticket strip whicl comes in contact with the printing and punching devices is held smoothand flat and in proper condition to be impressed and punched.` j y The ticket punch which forms a ortion of this mechanism is designed especia ly for use by street ear conductors and so arranged that the ticket stri can be punched in any one of a number 0F determinable locations. The punch itself is the hollow screw J which projects through the slot A5 in the side plate A2 so that it can be readily manipulated. The punch J is secured to a sliding rack J2 mounted to slide on the interior of the case.

rations are spaced to correspond with the alined spacing of the printing in the index guide located behind the apertureA44 (Fig. 2) andv also to correspond with the Vsimilar printing on each lequal length of the ticket strip. If, therefore, the passenger desiring a -transfer check wishes to go say to Commonwealth avenue and Walnut lstreet, the outer end of the punch J lis slid until its pointer seen in Fig. 2 stands opposite the 'printed name of this destination. The inner end of the punch thenregisters with the similarl ,printing the ticket strips each measured length is printed. with a number or numbers running 1n consecutive series and these numlA detent J 2 held by the spring J'i engages the serrations in the sliding rack J2. 'l'he'se ser-l bers vare so` placed upon the measuredlengths that when the'apparatus is ready for the insertion of a coin and the operation' of its mechanism, the number on the strip is visible through the aperture A6 (Fig. 2) in the side plate A2 of the casin As 1t is impossible to remove a ticket from the strip, without' giving the shaft Bv a complete rotation, in Ithe manner above'described,'the number visible through the aperture A*i isa certain index ofthe number of rotations 1 .130

which theshaft B has undergone., All that vis necessary is for the person handl'mg the devlce to make a note of the firstl numbervisible when he takes the apparatus when at any time later he may by ascertaining the visible `number tell just how many rotations the shaft B has'made and therefore may know how many more rotations it may make before the ticket strip is exhausted.

What l claim and desire to secure by Lete ters Patent is:

1. In a strip feeding mechanism, the combination of a case, a-primary jaw 'member movably mounted in th case, a secondary jaw member movably mounted on the primary jaw member, a spring to close the jaw members together, means to move the primary jaw member reciprocally on its mounting, a catch to arrest one of the aw members and hold the two members distended, a trigger controlling the catch and adapted to be actuated by a suitably perforated strip to release the jaw member held thereby, and means to advance aV strip between the distended aw members) 2. In a strip feeding and severing mechanism, the combination of a case provided with a strip receptacle and a strip aperture, a pair of jaw members having their severing ends within the case close to the strip aperture, the primary jaw member pivoted in the case, the secondary aw membervpivoted on the primary jaw member, a spring to close the jaw members together, means to move the`primary aw member reciprocally on its pivot, a catch to arrest the secondary jaw member and hold the two members distended, a trigger, controlling the catch and adapted to be actuated by a suitably perforated strip, to release the secondary jaw member, and means to advancea strip between the distended jaw members.

3. ln a strip feeding and severing mechanism, the combination of a case, a primary jaw member .movably 'mounted in the case, provided with a severing edge and a strip guiding bar, a secondary jaw member movablymounted on the primary aw member, provided ith a severing edge to cooperate with that of the primary jaw member, a spring to close the jaw members together,

.means to move the primary jaw member reciprocally on its mounting, a catch to arrest the secondary jaw member andhold the two members distended, a trigger to control the catch, and a reciprocally movable feed finger between the trigger and the severing edges, and means to actuate the feed nger to ad- Vance a strip between the distended jaw members.

4. ln a strip feeding and severing mechw anismfthe combination of a case, a pair of jaw members with coperating'strip severmg ends, the primary jaw member movably mounted in the case, a strip guide on the primary jaw member, the secondary jaw membermovably mounted on the print-wy jaw memberya spring to close the severing ends of the jaw members, means to move the primary aw member reciprocally on its mounting, a catch to arrest the secomlary aw member and hold the two members distended, a trigger to control the catch, loe cated. close to the strip guide, a reciprocally movable feed finger between said trigger and. the severing ends of the jaw members, and means to actuate the feed finger to advance a strip between the distended jaw members.

in a strip feeding and. severing mechanism, the combination of a case, a pair of jaw .members with cooperating severing ends, the primary jaw member consisting of a plate movably mounted in the case, the secondary jaw member movably mounted on the primary member, a spring to close the jaw members together, means to move theV primary jaw member reciprocally on its mounting, a catch, mounted in thc case, to arrest the primary member and hold the jaw members distended, a trigger to control the catch, projecting through an aperture in theV one end, a strip guide at the other end, and

pivoted in the case near the severing edge, a secondary jaw member pivoted on the pri mary jaw member between the severing end and strip guide thereof, and having a severing edge to cooperate with that of the primary jaw memberya spring secured to one jaw member and bearing on tln` other to 4close the severing edges, means to rock the primary jaw member on its pivot, a catch mounted in the case to arrest the secondary jaw member and distend the jaws on the return movement of th(` primary member, a trigger controlling the catch, .projecting through an aperture in the primary jaw member, to release the secom'lary j aw momber from the restraint of the catch, a reciprocally movable feed-linger between the trigger and the severing edge of the primaryjaw member, and means to actua to the feed linger to advance a strip between the distended jaw members.

7. lin a strip feeding and soverlng mechanism, the combination of a oase, a primary 'jaw member, consisting of a plate having a strip guide at one end, pivote( in theI rase at the other end and provided with a severing jaw near its pivot, strip impressing typeson the primary mem bei' vbetween the strip guide and severing edge, a secondary jaw member 1,5 member is rocke in one direction and to dis- 35 member -reciplrocally 45 ed to engage a perforation in the-strip and be moved thereby to release, the catch, and

I pivoted on the primary jawV member, having a severing edge to coperate with that of the prrimary jaw member andan arm extending om its pivot on the side farther from the l severing ed e, a springV secured to one jaw V member an bearing on the other to close the jaws, a shaft journaled onthe base, 'a' stud mounted in the case, a rocker pivoted on the stud, vand connections between the rocker to the primary jawmember'andthe shaft, re,-

speetively t'o rock theV rimary jaw member on its pivot as the sha t is'rotated, a catch, mounted on the stud, to arrest the secondary member by enga ing its armlas the primary tend the jaws as the primary member is rocked in the 'reversedirectiom a trigger on the catch and projecting through an aperture in the'primary jaw member, adapted to be engaged by a perforation in a stri ,j a feed` finger between the said trigger and t e severing edges, and means to ac'tuate the feed finger to' advance a strip between the distende'd jaw members. 8. In a strip feeding and severing mechanism, the combination of a case, aprimary jaw member pivoted at one end therein-and having a strip guide at its other end, a secondary member plvoted on the -primary member -midway betweenthe ends thereof, a spring reacting between the jaw member' to close them, a stud in the case, a rocker pivoted on the stud, a'main shaft,'connect1ons there? from to the rocker to move the primary jaw on its pivot, a catch mounted on t e stud, toarrest the secondary jaw member as.y the primary jaw member makes its return movement, a triggeron the' catch projecting through an aperture in the 40 primary jaw member adjacent to the strip guide, a feed finger between `the two ends of the primary jaw member, andmeans to actuvate the feed finger to advance a strip along the primary jaw member, said trigger adaptythereafter to hold the strip stretched between 4itself and the closed'ends of the jaw members. l

9. In a strip feeding and severing mechan-4 ism, the'combination of a case comprising a shell and cover, and provided with a strip aperture, a pair of jaw members within the case with their severing ends adjacent to the strip aperture, the primary jaw member pivoted to the c ase near its severing end, the secondary jaw member pivoted on the primary jaw member, a spring reacting between thejaw members to close them, ashaft in the case, connections between the shaft and primary jaw member to rock the latter in its pivot, a catch to arrest the secondary jaw member and distend the jaws, a trigger on the catch adapted: to be engaged by Va perforated strip, a feed finger, reciprocally4 movable in the case, to advance a strip between the distended j aw members, a shaft operating handle on the outside 'of the case, and means actuated by said handle to engage and move 'the feed finger to feed a strip.

10. The combination. of the shaft, a pair of relatively movable spring closed jaws, means operated by the shaft to move the jaws, a

catch to hold the jaws in distended position, a flexible strip, perforated at equally spaced intervals, a trigger to-release the catch, a

Vstrip guide, to guide the strip perforations into register with Vthev trigger, a feed nger and connections therewit vto the shaft, to feed the strip intermittently between the ,distended jaws, a casing inclosing said mechanism and provided with a sight aperture wherethrough'a portion of the strip is visible and a strip-a erture adjacent to the jaws, wherethrdugli the strip may be drawn, the sections of the strip between perforations bearing con*- secutive numerals registeringwith the sight aperture when a perforation in the strip engages the trigger to release the catch and jaws,to record the number of rotations ofthe actuating shaft. v

Signedby me at Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts this ninth day of April 1907. i

. 1 HENRY H. CUMMINGS.

Witnesses ODIN ROBERTS, C. D. WOODBERRY. 

